TdF Stage 10 – Spectacular Fireworks [Spoilers]

A fair few of these “watt watchers” would leave plenty hear standing off road too

Some of them are ex mountain bikers don’t you know!

They crashed because they suck.

😀 Wish I could bunnyhop over a traffic island at 40mph in the middle of a bunch!

Trying… so hard… must not feed…

Crashes, and the consequences, are a bad thing, getting hurt shouldn’t be a part of sport, anybody’s job, or (for some people) entertainment.

No I’m not wishing an injury on anyone. But everyone is saying “poor unlucky Contador” etc. BS! Descending on wet roads isn’t luck, it’s ability.

2013 tour top 10

1 Chris Froome (GBR) – Crashed out
2 Nairo Quintana (COL) – Didn’t start
3 Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)- An hour beind
4 Alberto Contador (ESP) – Crashed out
5 Roman Kreuziger (CZE) – Druggy
6 Bauke Mollema (NED)- Lost time on cobbles
7 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)- Supporting team mate
8 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) – Old man
9 Daniel Navarro (ESP) – 40 mins down
10 Andrew Talansky (USA) – Crashed on not looking good

The Top 10 may have a very unfamiliar feel this year!

Anyway, just how immense is Tony Martin? To ride like he is today with a post-stage win and world cup win hangover is very impressive.

Sorry guys I didn’t realise jcl was a troll/riding god/another internet idiot,will ignore from now on.

Don’t know if you get the ad break things we do but Bertie leaving to “Je ne Regrette Rien” and the Goodbye Bro was quite funny.

(not laughing at crashes or the rest just some good music matching going on)

None of them suck, however, they are all in the same race on the same roads so those still on the bikes are as worthy winners even if the favourites crash out.

There have been plenty of accidents, there always are, however, some riders make their own luck. There will be a difference in standard between riders. Just look at the way some of them descend or look so at home on the cobbles. It isn’t all about the fastest climber and time trialling and I don’t think it should be. I’d rather see people lose time though, than crash out injured. Having been there, lying on the tarmac, it hurts and isn’t something I’d wish on somebody else.

Tony Martin is the new Jens Voigt.

CaptJon – Member
Anyway, just how immense is Tony Martin? To ride like he is today with a post-stage win and world cup win hangover is very impressive.

He probably hasn’t sobered up from last night yet.

There have been plenty of accidents, there always are, however, some riders make their own luck. There will be a difference in standard between riders. Just look at the way some of them descend or look so at home on the cobbles. It isn’t all about the fastest climber and time trialling and I don’t think it should be. I’d rather see people lose time though, than crash out injured. Having been there, lying on the tarmac, it hurts and isn’t something I’d wish on somebody else.

Be careful, if you have views outside the mainstream Phil and Paul party line you’ll get accused of trolling 🙂

Be careful, if you have views outside the mainstream Phil and Paul party line you’ll get accused of trolling

In this, the sport of professional trolling 🙂

i dont want to see anyone hurt per se
but the tour is a week old and nobody, absolutely nobody, saw this coming.

love it.

“The race radio is crackling Phil theres been another crash”

and back to the race the gap is falling, Gallopin back in virtual yellow

Various teams bringing the gap down quickly now – should be back together on the Chevrères.

Be careful, if you have views outside the mainstream Phil and Paul party line you’ll get accused of trolling
In this, the sport of professional trolling

<Applauds>
You owe me a new keyboard, just spat coffee into mine.

is front wheel to close to the frame? Headtube failure?

You owe me a new keyboard, just spat coffee into mine.

keyboard worrier 🙂

And it’s heating up with the pressure hitting Astana, from Real Mans first page

I cannot say whether we will know the name of the winner in Paris, but we should have a list of those who are out of the running for good.

That bike may not be his, a team mate stopped to help.

I just had a look back and the group definately eased up for a while after Contador crashed. They where at 4;28 from the lead group increasing to 5:11. Also I thought I heard Sean Kelly saying that when the weather’s like this beef can wash onto the road. Not sure though.

when the weather’s like this beef can wash onto the road

It can cause udder chaos.

Might have needed a steaky bottle to get back to the Peloton?

I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again:

POOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEE

Didn’t he crash going uphill though…? it’s what bbc text commentary tells me anyway?

Phillipe Maudit:
“Alberto badly crashed. His right knee is seriously injured. The crash has been violent. I have his shoe with me, it’s completely destroyed. According to some rumors, his bike has been broken but that’s not the case. A bike fell from our racks after we fixed Nicolas Roche’s bike. It’s obviously too early to establish a diagnostic for Alberto. Once he’ll reach the finish, he’ll undergo an x-ray examination. Before pulling out, he told us that he was in an awful pain and he couldn’t go any further on his bike. It’s a pity because everything had gone well since the beginning of the Tour. We had a plan and today’s race was unfolding exactly as we wanted. In a fraction of a second, it all fell apart, so we’re immensely sad. Tomorrow, it’s a rest day. After tomorrow, a new battle will begin. We’ll stay united and a new Tour de France will begin for us.”

sky dishing it out now!

Does that mean the team dropped a bike on AC?

I’m getting over my earlier negativity. Nibali vs Porte, Sagan, Martin and Voigt. Still plenty of racing left.

llama – Member
sky dishing it out now!

Time for ITV to go to a break!

Or more specifically Schleck, in yellow, attacked on the climb whilst ahead of Contador, Vino went with him, Schleck dropped his chain, Vino went past, Contador came past after that. It was a cheap way to get the jersey.

Or, Schleck the tactically incompetent (you and your bro tow the on-form Ardennes king to the finish instead of attacking him) also turns out to be mechanically incompetent by attacking on 39/11 and wondering why his chain jams.
And besides, Schleck never waited for Chavanel when he was in yellow and had to pull up, so his whining was just hypocrisy.

They might be trying to explain a bust bike on the roof and dont want to upset the bike sponsors.

and must out of respect Tony Martin vs Chuck Norris?

Wow, that’s a man who has run the tank dry!

Wow, that’s a man who has run the tank dry!

That was some wall he hit!

gallopin’s off the back of the bunch

Tony Martin doesn’t hit the wall, the wall hits Tony Martin?

gallopin’s off the back of the bunch

…and Talansky.

Have we had a Jamie GIF of Contador departing yet? Perhaps on the back of a bull please? 🙂